我应该一个人呆在家里吗? 老年人孤独的经历:一种定性研究
Maria Shuk Yu Hung1, Michael Man Ho Li1, Ken Hok Man Ho2
1S.K. Yee School of Health Sciences, Saint Francis University, Hong Kong, China.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|September 13, 2025
概括
香港的老年人由于社会支持不足,家庭变化,身体衰退和复杂的情绪而感到孤独. 需要综合战略来改善他们的生活质量,促进健康老龄化.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 孤独和社会孤立是全球重要的公共卫生问题,特别影响着老龄化人口.
- 香港面临着快速老龄化趋势,加剧了老年人孤独的普遍性.
- 这项研究调查了香港背景下老年人孤独的经历.
研究的目的:
- 探索香港老年人多方面的孤独经历.
- 确定导致这一人口群体中孤独感的关键主题.
- 为制定针对老年人福祉的有针对性的干预措施提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在香港对19名老年人 (60岁以上) 进行面对面,半结构面试的定性研究.
- 参与者使用有目的的抽样进行选择,他们表现出不同程度的孤独感,有些人由移民家庭工人照顾.
- 解释性现象学分析 (IPA) 用于分析采访数据.
主要成果:
- "我应该独自呆在家里吗?"是一个核心主题. 出现,反映了人们对隔离的深刻担忧.
- 确定了四个相互关联的主题:社会支持不足,家庭动态变化,身体功能下降和复杂的情感经历.
- 这些主题突出了老年人孤独的相互关联的社会,家庭,身体和情感层面.
结论:
- 这些发现强调了需要制定全面的战略,解决孤独老年人的社会,身体,家庭和情感需求.
- 建议包括政府,非政府组织和医疗机构建立综合服务.
- 最终的目标是促进健康的衰老,提高生活质量,并鼓励社区和家庭对老年人的支持.
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